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At the time of writing the court hearing continues on the substance of the case brought by the businessman Vladlen Stepanov against the blogger Aleksei Navalny 

The hearing began with the two parties refusing to settle out of court. In addition to 1,000,100 roubles in compensation for moral damage, Vladlen Stepanov is demanding the blocking of Aleksey Navalny's LiveJournal page featuring a videofile, which includes statements the claimant has found objectionable, one of Navalny's defence lawyers, Ramil Akhmetgaliev, a legal analyst with AGORA Human Rights Association reports from the courtroom. [Read more]